Exodus 12:3
Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
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Congregation
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Acts 13:43
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
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Exodus
4948 verses
Leviticus
5750 verses
Numbers
134120 verses
Deuteronomy
107 verses
Joshua
1816 verses
Judges
55 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
98 verses
1 Chronicles
109 verses
2 Chronicles
3026 verses
Ezra
55 verses
Nehemiah
55 verses
Job
22 verses
Psalms
1818 verses
Proverbs
33 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Jeremiah
22 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Hosea
11 verses
Joel
11 verses
Micah
11 verses
Acts
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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מוֹעֵד
môwʻêd · mo-ade'
149 times translated as this KJV form223 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
Strong's KJV usage: appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 27:21Strong's last: Isaiah 14:13
Open full H4150 profile →עֵדָה
ʻêdâh · ay-daw'
124 times translated as this KJV form149 total Strong's occurrences
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
Strong's KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare 5713.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 12:3Strong's last: Hosea 7:12
Open full H5712 profile →קָהָל
qâhâl · kaw-hawl'
86 times translated as this KJV form123 total Strong's occurrences
assemblage (usually concretely)
Strong's KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 4:14Strong's last: Micah 2:5
Open full H6951 profile →חַי
chay · khah'-ee
2 times translated as this KJV form498 total Strong's occurrences
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Strong's first: Psalms 68:10Strong's last: Psalms 74:19
Open full H2416 profile →συναγωγή
synagōgḗ · soon-ag-o-gay'
1 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences
an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a Christian church
Strong's KJV usage: :--assembly, congregation, synagogue.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 13:43Strong's last: Acts 13:43
Open full G4864 profile →אֵלֶם
ʼêlem · ay'-lem
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
silence (i.e. mute justice)
Strong's KJV usage: congregation. Compare 3128.
Strong's first: Psalms 58:1Strong's last: Psalms 58:1
Open full H482 profile →קְהִלָּה
qᵉhillâh · keh-hil-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
an assemblage
Strong's KJV usage: assembly, congregation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 33:4Strong's last: Deuteronomy 33:4
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H4150
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
H4150
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
H5712
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
H5712
And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
H5712
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
H5712
And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
H4150
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
H4150
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
H5712
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
H4150
And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
H4150
Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
H4150
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
H4150
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
H4150
And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
H4150
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
H4150
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
H4150
And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
H4150
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
H4150
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
H4150
And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
H4150
And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
H4150
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
H4150
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
H4150
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
English meaning and historical usage.
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congregation
CONGREGATION, noun
1. The act of bringing together, or assembling.
2. A collection or assemblage of separate things; as a congregation of vapors.
3. More generally, an assembly or persons; and appropriately, an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction.
4. An assembly of rulers. Numbers 35:12.
5. An assembly of ecclesiastics or cardinals appointed by the pope; as the congregation of the holy office, etc. Also, a company or society of religious cantoned out of an order.
6. An academical assembly for transacting business of the university.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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